When I start receiving kickoff time announcements...

One way to tell that season is about to begin is when I start receiving kickoff announcements. So I just got one five seconds ago, and that's a good sign.

Very exciting.

So it was announced: Alabama vs. Tulane on Sept. 6 and Alabama vs. Western Kentucky on Sept. 13 are both slated to kickoff at 6:07 p.m. The games will be on CTSN, pay-per-view style. Chris Stewart will be on play-by-play duties and former Alabama quarterback Tyler Watts will do color.

Also, I just got back from practice... It looked like freshman Don'ta Hightower got a few looks at the Will (or weakside) linebacker spot, and could be pushing for serious time. Also, Cory Reamer took some reps at Sam (or strongside).

Meanwhile, Eryk Anders worked at the other outside linebacker (Jack) spot in the second grouping, as did Jerrell Harris.